Year 13 Physics The course has five parts:
Mechanical Systems (an external standard sat in November worth 6 credits)
Wave Systems (an external standard sat in November worth 4 credits)
Electrical Systems (an external standard sat in November worth 6 credits)
Atoms, Photons and Nuclei (an external standard sat in November worth 3 credits)
Practical Investigation (an internal Achievement Standard worth 5 credits) Mechanical Systems
Problems from texts
The major sections covered are:
DC circuits, Kirchoff's rules, emf and internal resistance
Capacitance
Electromagnetic induction, Faraday's Law and Lenz's law
Mutual and Self inductance
Alternating current generation, rms values, rectification of AC
Resistance, Reactance, Impedance
RC (Resistor-capacitor) in AC circuits
RL (Resistor - inductor) in AC circuits
LCR circuits and Resonance
The course has five parts:
Mechanical Systems (an external standard sat in November worth 6 credits)
Wave Systems (an external standard sat in November worth 4 credits)
Electrical Systems (an external standard sat in November worth 6 credits)
Atoms, Photons and Nuclei (an external standard sat in November worth 3 credits)
Practical Investigation (an internal Achievement Standard worth 5 credits)
Mechanical Systems
Problems from texts
Wave Systems
Interference Wave Types
Superposition and Resonance
Standing waves in strings
Standing waves in tubes
Beats
Doppler effect
Two source interference
Diffraction grating
Problems
Animations
You Tube Clips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PevRZAxDxZw
example of superposition of water waves, plus reflection of wavefronts off a wall
Websites
standing waves in a gas tube demonstration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpovwbPGEoo&feature=related
applet for doppler http://www.lon-capa.org/~mmp/applist/doppler/d.htm
Electrical Systems
The major sections covered are:
DC circuits, Kirchoff's rules, emf and internal resistance
Capacitance
Electromagnetic induction, Faraday's Law and Lenz's law
Mutual and Self inductance
Alternating current generation, rms values, rectification of AC
Resistance, Reactance, Impedance
RC (Resistor-capacitor) in AC circuits
RL (Resistor - inductor) in AC circuits
LCR circuits and Resonance
Problems List
Atoms,Photons and Nuclei